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Indiana shows its integrity!!! Thank you Senators!!
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I’m here to admit I was wrong. I thought Republicans would fold, and did not envision a scenario in which half of them rejected this bill.
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AWESOME! They did the right thing for Indianapolis, Gary, the State of Indiana and the country.
A minor exercise of political restraint. Just because you can, it doesn’t mean you ought to.
Thank you, Hoosier Senators.
In a state that is 65/35, maybe 70/30 on policital leanings, 7-2 on the congressional districts seems relatively reasonable and there is still a modicum of community interest districting preserved in the maps.
Indiana does good, thanks to 32 state senators who refused to be bullied.
31 senators (IBJ, when will you allow edits to comments?)
It was 19-31; and the 10 Dems were not bullied – any more than they already are being Dems, lol.
It’s the 21 GOP Senators that have hung together.. Couldn’t be prouder to be a Hoosier.l right now. Concept of true federalism is alive and well, at least in Indiana, thanks to those patriots!
I think this shows Indiana common sense too. Now, will the media or those loudly against this effort say anything about other states who are basically gerrymandered the other way, as CA just did this year?
Congress could pass legislation to make gerrymandering illegal. Though I imagine Republicans may be less likely to support this as they control the majority of state legislatures.
California’s effort was a direct response to the shenanigans in Texas, the very first state that Trump pressured. Also, California’s effort was not a back room deal controlled exclusively by politicians inasmuch as to be final a referendum by voters have the final say.
Shame
The Indiana GOP retains its integrity – the maps were just drawn and anyone lobbying for their amendment at this time has no respect for Hoosier voters.
Politics in this country…..What a disaster…. I respect them wanting to hold a “higher standard,” but at what cost for the rest of the country?
In an ideal world, other states games would not come here. But it’s not an ideal world. Republican senators that voted against…..what a disservice you just did the entire nation.
Okay White Klansman.
Honesty. Integrity. Intestinal fortitude. Our Indiana Senate displayed all of these today, and I am proud to be a Hoosier.
I’m impressed. I wasn’t sure enough Republicans would stand up for what they know is right and fair. Job well done!
Hopefully Braun learned a lesson that his bullying and threats are not a winnable strategy. He so desperately wanted to please his daddy Trump. Congratulations to all those Senators who had the guts to stand up to the bullies.
Braun is the worst governor since the 1920s.
Thank you to those who maintained their integrity. We dont need DC to dictate what should be done in Indiana. Now lets go forward and legislate for the benefit of all Hoosiers.
Thank you to all of the NO votes. Braun can think about what he will do after he gets voted out when the time comes.
Being one of many that thought the Legislators in the majority would cave to the out of state pressure, I am appreciative and respectful of the leadership that stood their ground and gives hope that all Indiana citizens have representation in our State Capitol. Thank you Senators for preserving the integrity of the democratic process and voting for the wishes of the people that your represent and not the outside interests of others. Again, Thank you.
Cowardly and disgraceful. These rural, farm, weak sticks were afraid that entering into the Indy metro would threaten their hold on their little ‘fiefdoms’. It wouldn’t have. What it would have done is break up the leftist hold on the most populous, most important part of the entire state in Washington. Generally speaking, Republicans are acquiescent, selfish, weak, short-sighted cowards. You as a collective group have disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of central Indiana tax paying residents. 😡
You’re full of it, Brad.
Blah, blah, blah…what a joke. Like to hear yourself talk much?
For Brad, not Michael
Brad listens to WIBC, watches Fox News, and thinks Trump never lies.
+ 100 Brad. Republicans are afraid of the name calling, so instead of sticking their neck out to help the City of Indianapolis, they put their head in the sand and pretend to stand on principle.
Thank you to the Indiana Senate for doing the right thing. Just because a lot of other states–blue and red starting with Texas has redistricted, does not mean that Indiana has to jump on the bandwagon. Other states are also finding a spine to stand up to the bullying. In the end, it looks like the gains for the GOP in the US House will be limited despite all the money, time and effort spent to change the House math next year.
The GOP will be much better off working to make sure the American voters’ concerns and needs are heard and acted upon.
I have great respect and loyalty for those Senators who stood up for what I believe was right for Indiana. This indicates a majority of Indiana senators cannot be bullied by national self-serving interests who only care about their own jobs, not our citizens. Partisanship is ruining our democracy.
Political consequences, Mr Braun. You will be a one-term governor. Don’t even bother trying for a second term.
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+1. He was out over his skis anyway, hopefully this will be the death knell for that guy.
He’s a man of the people in his blue shirt … who will chopper at taxpayer expense to his taxpayer funded helipad at his private residence in Jasper.
I don’t know how anyone falls for his schtick.
To those who stood up, please feel free to remind everyone at reelection. Thanks for having a backbone.
Yes, please make sure to remind us all!
Yes, I’m sure the result will be net positive votes. Many Dems will discover the “R” lever. NOT.
Braun is clearly emulating Trump’s mob boss tactics.
Read the room, Braun. You work for Hoosiers, not the President/mob boss.
Thank you to the Indiana Senate for recognizing the rights of Indiana voters to choose their representatives. Taking ALL voice from the minority is un-American and not the common sense way Hoosiers handle things. Rural legislators has been clear in recent years that they care little about Indianapolis but the City needs federal representation focused on needs unique to a large metropolitan area (like grants for public transportation and infrastructure). Thank you for your bravery
Proud to be a Hoosier and proud Republican…not always easy to do what’s right, especially when being bullied. Hoosiers will support those who stood up at election time, I’m not convinced Gov. Braun understands ramifications just yet.
Here’s how this works, Braun: You argue your case, you debate the merits, then you accept the outcome and move on.
A leader doesn’t threaten those whom he failed to persuade to his point of view.
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Bringing it down to a local level. It’s unfortunate because the left will never let go of its hold on the City of Indianapolis and the Republicans are presumably fine with that. This city will continue to decline until, what? What has to happen for all to see the increase in crime, homelessness and the lack of prosecution is making our city unsafe? There is no effective leadership in this city, and that is sad. Republicans who voted against redistricting just gave up a chance to add different voices to the room.
Blah blah blah. Enough with the talk of “leftists” controlling the city that is the economic engine of the state. I’m guessing you’d have a problem with moderates too, because you’re solidly aligned with the far right wing of MAGA.
If you ask the last Republican to be mayor, it’s because Republicans are out of touch. This from an interview Greg Ballard just did:
“I asked Ballard whether a Republican can win an Indianapolis mayoral election again.
“I’m always the guy that says, ‘Yes,’ because I was the one-in-a-million shot and it happened to me,” he said. “But I don’t think, generally speaking, the Republicans know urban people. I just don’t think they get it.”
Ballard became an expert on urban people by attending every neighborhood meeting he could find in the run-up to challenging then-Mayor Bart Peterson in 2007. He defeated Peterson despite entering the final month of the race with $51,000 on hand, compared to Peterson’s $1.5 million.
For any Republican who wants to replicate his unlikely victory, Ballard keeps an open line.
“Everybody who wants to run for mayor calls me up,” he said. “Some of the people running for Congress or Statehouse, they call me up. I tell them, ‘People want to know what you’re for, not what you’re against.’ They respond to that (with), ‘That doesn’t play,’ or ‘People don’t want to go in that direction.’ I don’t know why.”
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-briggs/2025/12/10/greg-ballard-indianapolis-mayor-redistricting-rfra/87685526007/
Thanks to those who voted using common sense and logic. Wishing for safety and clear heads in the coming days.
Thank you to the Republicans with integrity, a spine, and the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing.